# Incident 20200630008269I: Langley James B LIGHNING, Dubois, PA, June 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2020, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dubois, PA
- Airport: Dubois Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1783° N, 78.8987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBOIS RGNL (DUJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1783&lon=-78.8987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N730AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N730AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Langley James B LIGHNING (registry code 05624PI, https://openairdocs.org/model/langley-james-b-lighning) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANGLEY JAMES B LIGHNING
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200630008269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 06/30/2020, N730, AT 1230Z, AN EXPERIMENTAL, BUILT LANGLEY JAMES B, (ARION), LIGHTNING LOST ENGINE POWER ON A FLIGHT FROM VENANGO REGIONAL AIRPORT (KFKL), FRANKLIN, PA TO READING REGIONAL AIRPORT (KRDG).

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING AT 3000 FEET AGL AND HE HAD JUST PAST DUBOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT, ON HIS LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES AWAY. THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER. WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT TOWARDS DUBOIS AIRPORT. HE GLIDED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED HARD IN A STALLED CONDITION IN A PERPENDICULAR DIRECTION OF TRAVEL ON RUNWAY 25, APPROXIMATELY 240 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N730AL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180609013019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609013019I), Jun 9, 2018: Langley James B LIGHNING (N730AL), Hadley, PA, Minor damage. On rollout, the aircraft failed to takeoff. The pilot aborted on a grass field resulting in the nose gear buckling and a prop strike in high grass (30 inches).

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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